It's no use -- the capacity to multi-task is diminishing rapidly with age. Lizzie and her friend Cleo are here for a couple of days of Festival and I think this is the moment for me to abandon blogging until after the Games. The plan is for Rachel an d Cathy to send us off home on Sunday and close the house behind us, a delicious treat. So I should be back here next Monday, insh'Allah.

I'll miss you.